Guidance

Find and use data on public electric vehicle chargepoints

Accessing and adding data on the National Chargepoint Registry (NCR) on public electric vehicle chargepoints in the UK.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 11 August 2020

This guidance was withdrawn on 2 December 2024

The National Chargepoint Registry (NCR) was decommissioned on 28 November 2024. All public EV chargepoint operators are now required to share open data free of charge on elements such as location, real-time availability, connector types, and payment methods. The archived NCR data will be available on request to users and researchers. For any enquiries contact consumerofferconsult@ozev.gov.uk.

The NCR was a database of publicly available chargepoints for electric vehicles in the UK established in 2011. While the database was freely open to all who wish to use it, the main data users are business data users for their products (such as smartphone apps, satellite navigation and route planning).

Accessing data on NCR

The dataset was available in CSV, JSON or XML formats as a download using the links below or by using an API. No registration or login was required.

NCR dataset in CSV format

For Developers:

NCR full dataset in XML format

NCR full dataset in JSON format

You can retrieve the following data types via the NCR Retrieve API:

• registry – Charge Point Registry
• type – Connector Types
• bearing – Bearings
• method – Charging Methods
• mode – Charge Modes
• status – Connector Statuses

Adding data to NCR

The National Chargepoint Registry was decommissioned 28 November 2024.

Published 11 August 2020